For the holiday season, one former Philadelphia homicide detective received the gift of a lifetime.
A once-renowned Philadelphia homicide detective was sentenced to 24.5 and 49 years in prison Friday for sexual assault.
Philip Nordo was convicted in June after being accused of using his position to sexually assault witnesses and informants in murder cases.Common Pleas Court Judge Giovanni Campbell said Nordo had exhibited a “disturbing capacity for cruelty” and “weaponized his power and influence” as a police officer.
The investigation into his actions has already led to the reversal of 11 homicide convictions, with more still under review., prosecutors dropped more than half the charges before trial when they could not locate a fourth accuser. The jury then convicted Nordo on all of the remaining charges, including rape, stalking, official oppression and attempted sexual assault.
Nordo was charged in a 2019 grand jury presentment, where the report said the meetings took place in hotel rooms, interview rooms and police vehicles, sometimes after Nordo displayed his firearm, the
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